DAC Events - Diocese of St Albans

Upcoming events

Church Maintenance Workshop for St Albans Parishes

How to organise maintenance by contractors and the safe cleaning of your church

Saturday 24 November, 2018 – St Stephen’s Church, Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2PT

Regular checking and maintenance is key to caring for your church building. No, little or poor maintenance leads to unnecessary damage and high costs – but where do you start and what should you do?

Routine maintenance and inspection by contractors is essential in addition to that done by parish volunteers. This workshop will focus on the services you need from contractors and specialist firms and how you should go about getting them. It will also cover the safe cleaning of your church and its contents.

Click here for full information and to book your place.

Past events – programmes and presentations

Training for churchwardens 2018

Sessions for new (and some continuing) churchwardens took place in June, July and September for the St Albans, Bedford and Hertford Archdeaconries.

Presentations given by the DAC Pastoral and Advisory Secretary and Historic Church Buildings Support Officer – some of which overlap – are here:

Caring for and changing your church building – the DAC

Caring for your church and working with your architect

Helping your church and making a big noise

QI reports, follow-up and help

Lynne Ingham, Church Insurance Consultant at Ecclesiastical Insurance, provided an introduction to Insurance and Risk Management, which covered the following areas: Background to Ecclesiastical; Valuations; Insurance cover; Advice & Guidance; and Claims. Further information on these topics can be found on the Ecclesiastical website, Church Matters, by following this link .

Architect Mike Dales’ presentation to Bedford Archdeaconry churchwardens is not included because the picture slides were a prompt to his talk and are not helpful on their own.